Research and experiential learning for public service
IntellectConnect

A network for intellectual exchange and public impact.

CLEAR connects scholars, students, practitioners, public-interest organizations, and institutional partners around civic leadership, civil service, and government capacity.

William G. Resh
Director

William G. Resh

Professor and Chair, Department of Public Management and Policy · Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Resh directs CLEAR’s integrated research and education portfolio, including INSIGHT+, AI workforce modeling, research on federal workforce shocks and institutions, student collaboration, executive education programming, and is the Co-Chair of the Accountability and Reform Research Consortium (convened by the Volcker Alliance).

CLEAR Fellows

A cross-institutional community of expertise.

The roster below preserves the legacy fellows network for the GSU relaunch. Affiliations should be reviewed periodically as appointments change.

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Jason Anastasopoulos

University of Georgia

  • Technology
  • Bureaucracy
  • Methods
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Elizabeth Bell

University of Texas at Austin

  • Social equity
  • Public management
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Jason Coupet

Georgia State University

  • Strategy
  • Efficiency
  • Organizational economics
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Gary Hollibaugh

University of Pittsburgh

  • Bureaucratic politics
  • Methodology
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Donald F. Kettl

University of Maryland / Volcker Alliance

  • Public administration
  • Governance
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David E. Lewis

Vanderbilt University

  • Presidency
  • Administration
  • Public management
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Scott Limbocker

United States Military Academy

  • Politicization
  • Executive institutions
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John D. Marvel

American University

  • Organization theory
  • Public management
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Temirlan T. Moldogaziev

Indiana University

  • Public finance
  • Fiscal governance
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Jonathan Oxley

Georgia State University

  • Public Economics
  • Nonprofits
  • Behavioral Economics
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Michael Overton

University of Idaho

  • Administrative informatics
  • Data science
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Mark Richardson

Georgetown University

  • Presidency
  • Expertise
  • Public management
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Kayla Schwoerer

University at Albany, SUNY

  • Digital government
  • Design
  • Data
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Jennifer L. Selin

Arizona State University

  • Administrative law
  • Accountability
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Weijie Wang

University of Missouri

  • Performance
  • Personnel
  • Collaboration
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Eleanor F. Woodhouse

University College London

  • Delegation
  • Comparative governance
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Samuel Workman

West Virginia University

  • Policy data infrastructure
  • Bureaucracy
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K. Juree Capers

Georgia State University

  • Race and Politics
  • Representation
  • Service delivery
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Matthew M. Young

Leiden University

  • Technology
  • Innovation
  • Service delivery
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Students and faculty at Georgia State University's Andrew Young School
Student collaborators

Research experience with a public purpose.

CLEAR integrates students into active projects rather than separating education from research production.

Roles may include data acquisition and documentation, ETL workflows, literature reviews, research design, statistical and network analysis, natural-language processing, visualization, practitioner briefs, and event production.

  • Graduate research assistantships and project teams

  • Capstone and experiential-learning partnerships

  • Doctoral collaboration and coauthorship

  • Applied work with civic and institutional partners

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Institutional partners

Partnerships that connect research to practice.

CLEAR works with institutions that support data infrastructure, public-service education, research exchange, student learning, and public impact.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

CLEAR’s institutional home at Georgia State University, supporting public-service education, applied research, experiential learning, and engagement in Atlanta.

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The Volcker Alliance

A public-interest organization advancing effective government and public-service education; partner in workforce analytics, research networks, and practitioner exchange.

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IBM Center for the Business of Government

A research-to-practice partner supporting work on artificial intelligence, public-sector labor markets, and the management challenges facing government.

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Past and project-specific support has also included the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, Arizona State University’s Center for Organization Research and Design, USC’s Center for Inclusive Democracy, and other university and civic collaborators.
Join the exchange

Connect your expertise, institution, or public problem to CLEAR.

Partnerships can center on research, data, workforce strategy, student learning, convenings, or public communication.

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